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New Kinect Hack For Interior Design

Albert C. Lai — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:44:24 +0000

Students at the University of Queensland have developed an application for interior design using a projector, Microsoft Kinect, Apple iPad and iPhone, and an infrared glove. The application allows the user to view how furniture they are thinking of purchasing will fit in with their existing room.

Either view the furniture’s 2D footprint to decide if it is too large or small for the space, or switch the projector to show Augmented Reality tags to allow for 3D viewing of the furniture via an iPad’s video camera. Don’t like how things look in the current layout? No heavy lifting required, with just a swipe with the infrared glove, you can move furniture around to see different arrangements in a matter of seconds. You can choose from a whole library of preloaded furniture options quickly using the iPhone, no information is currently available about adding your own models.

Although it is not stated, I am sure that if you printed out the AR tag, you could use that alone with an iPad to view a specific piece of furniture in an existing room. Add it to the ever growing list of Kinect hacks!

Video Courtesy of Ankith Konda

ImmersiveTech Summit 2010 – Mark Bolas – From Here to There to Here

Albert C. Lai — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:00:03 +0000

Where were you on October 21st, 2010? Listen to Mark Bolas, a research scientist, artist, and designer exploring perception, agency, and intelligence at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and Director at USC ICT talk about where we are today with virtual reality. His work focuses on creating virtual environments and transducers that fully engage one’s perception and cognition, and create a visceral memory of the experience. Amongst his courses at the undergraduate and graduate level are the design for interactive media and the business of interactive media. Bolas’ 1988-89 thesis work “Design and Virtual Environments” was among the first efforts to map the breadth of virtual reality as a new medium. He has been a professor at Stanford University and KEIO University and is chairman of Fakespace Labs in Mountain View, California, which he co-founded in 1989 with Ian McDowall and Eric Lorimer to build instrumentation for research labs to explore virtual reality and grow the emerging field.

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Home Made Virtual Reality Goggles?

davidytan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:43:18 +0000

The Reality of the Virtual

Albert C. Lai — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:34:12 +0000

DK Eyewitness Virtual Reality: Cats

Albert C. Lai — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:34:42 +0000

Virtual Reality Technology (Kindle Edition)

Albert C. Lai — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:52:24 +0000

Virtual Reality: The Revolutionary Technology of Computer-Generated Artificial Worlds – and How It Promises to Transform Society (Paperback)

Albert C. Lai — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:27:47 +0000

Narrative as Virtual Reality: Immersion and Interactivity in Literature and Electronic Media (Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society) (Paperback)

Albert C. Lai — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:23:49 +0000

Virtual Reality Technology, Second Edition with CD-ROM (Hardcover)

Albert C. Lai — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:49:10 +0000

Exodus to the Virtual World: How Online Fun Is Changing Reality (Paperback)

haztan — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:31:13 +0000

Review”Edward Castronova has again charted new waters to the virtual worlds emerging as the next frontier. He has proven himself as the oracle of the virtual world revolution.”–Christian Renaud, Networked Virtual Environments, Cisco ”A book full of insights about our online present and a hopeful look at the future where politics and economics will be increasingly governed by the rules of video games.”–John Beck, President of The AttentionCompany and co-author of The Kids are Alrigh (more…)